Boy, this will sure go a long way towards discouraging people from crossing into the U.S. illegally:

“With regard to immigration, let me make two things absolutely clear,” Biden said in Mexico City. “It is not only from the perspective of the President, myself and the American people a matter of justice, respect, and according dignity to all people to bring 11 million undocumented men, women, and children out of the shadows, but it’s also overwhelmingly in the self-interest, the economic self-interest of the United States.”

“So I want to make it clear to you that President Obama is deeply invested in the maturation of this relationship at every level–at every level,” said Biden. “This is a different day. This is a different day.

In the last sentence below, I completely agree with Biden, and not in a good way (the “do a shot” word is “literally,” so be prepared):

“I wanted to be here with you because my country’s foreign policy is about more than dealing with threats, as we are dealing with in the Middle East,” said Biden. “It’s also about partnerships — partnerships that we believe, the President and I, are literally going to shape the future for my country for the next 10, 20, 30, 40 years.

If anything, Biden understated how long this administration and its accomplices in Congress have “shaped the future.” It could take a half century to dig out of this mess, and that is if a recovery will even be possible.